(19)
(11) EP 3 789 430 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
17.03.2021 Bulletin 2021/11

(43) Date of publication A2:
10.03.2021 Bulletin 2021/10

(21) Application number: 20194451.9

(22) Date of filing: 03.09.2020
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
C08J 3/12(2006.01)
C08J 3/215(2006.01)
 C08J 3/20(2006.01)
B29C 64/153(2017.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
Designated Extension States:
BA ME
Designated Validation States:
KH MA MD TN

(30) Priority: 09.09.2019 US 201962897534 P
30.06.2020 US 202016916253

(71) Applicant: Xerox Corporation
Webster, NY 14580 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • FARRUGIA, Valerie M.
    Oakville, Ontario L6H 7V8 (CA)
  • RESETCO, Cristina
    Toronto, Ontario M4W 3G9 (CA)
  • HAWKINS, Michael S.
    Cambridge, Ontario N1S 3L5 (CA)
  • SRISKANDHA, Shivanthi Easwari
    Mississauga, Ontario L5M 5B8 (CA)
  • CLARIDGE, Robert
    Kitchener, Ontario N2C 2M7 (CA)
  • MOORLAG, Carolyn Patricia
    Mississauga, Ontario L5G 4A7 (CA)
  • JAMALI, Hojjat Seyed
    Mississauga, Ontario L5B 3J4 (CA)

(74) Representative: Gill Jennings & Every LLP 
JWF The Broadgate Tower 20 Primrose Street
London EC2A 2ES
London EC2A 2ES (GB)

   


(54) THERMOPLASTIC POLYESTER PARTICLES AND METHODS OF PRODUCTION AND USES THEREOF


(57) A method of producing thermoplastic particles may comprise: mixing a melt emulsion comprising (a) a continuous phase that comprises a carrier fluid having a polarity Hansen solubility parameter (dP) of about 7 MPa0.5 or less, (b) a dispersed phase that comprises a dispersing fluid having a dP of about 8 MPa0.5 or more, and (c) an inner phase that comprises a thermoplastic polyester at a temperature greater than a melting point or softening temperature of the thermoplastic polyester and at a shear rate sufficiently high to disperse the thermoplastic polyester in the dispersed phase; and cooling the melt emulsion to below the melting point or softening temperature of the thermoplastic polyester to form solidified particles comprising the thermoplastic polyester.







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